Test Footage for Cameron's Battle Angel
James Cameron's long-awaited movie adaptation of the "Battle Angel Alita" manga has had to be put on the back-burner for awhile as he works on his upcoming Avatar movie. As such, we thought we were all resigned to wait a couple more years before we saw anything on "Battle Angel." As it turns out though, test footage has allegedly already been produced. & it's also apparently "kick ass."
The source who's seen the test footage calls it gorgeous & complex. Cameron seems committed to having a young age appropriate girl play Alita, which might not have been possible a few years ago considered the extreme violence she throws upon her victims. But with modern theatrical effects, they could make a 14-year-old girl do extremely crazy things. Here's the key quote:
Now picture the "Angel of Death" looking like a child. a 14 year old. Now imagine this, this little girl goes through these guys like butter. Did you see the KICK-ASS trailer? Well imagine that girl via the Matrix via Ghost in the shell, via AI. "Remember the True Lies bathroom brawl?" Well take out Arnold, and "copy and paste" Bruce Lee on acid via the Terminator. as seen through the eyes of a sweet innocent 14 year old cyborg girl. And all of this done via the mind of James Cameron, Holy shit what is not to love? The lights flicker and shit hits the fan. Awesome stuff.
Source: http://marketsaw.blogspot.com/2009/09/james-camerons-battle-angel-update-14.html